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Classics faculty are actively engaged in a number of media projects about the Classical world. Available for use by the public, students, and professionals, these endeavors cover literary, historical, and archaeological topics.

Diana Salsbury ’15, from Baltimore, Md., came to Dartmouth with a love of classics and discovered a passion for programming. Now the College’s only classics-computer science double major, she is a mentor at Dartmouth’s Digital Arts, Leadership, and Innovation Lab (DALI).

According to Associate Professor of Classics Pramit Chaudhuri, literary references, like genetic sequences, mutate over time as one author picks up a phrase or theme from an older work and makes use of it in a new context.

Every Monday, about a dozen veterans, whose service ranges from World War II to Afghanistan, gather in the Murray Room of Hanover’s Howe Library. They are members of a book group started six years ago by Dartmouth Department of Classics Chair Roberta Stewart.

Assistant Professor of Classical Studies Julie Hruby says the ancient Greeks left behind not only treasure-laden tombs and extraordinary palaces, but also more basic things, such as portable grills and souvlaki trays, LiveScience reports.